Over recent months, crippling blows to Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon have culminated ... have diminished the influence of the "Shia Crescent." Hamas is no longer as strong and credible ...

In Lebanon above all, the true number of Syrian refugees is likely to be ... Syria was considered part of the so-called "Shia Crescent" region, dominated by Iran -- even though three-quarters ...

But the Shia crescent has now collapsed ... Should Tehran perceive this as unlikely, it might resort to destabilising Syria, as it did in Lebanon in the 1980s and Iraq following Saddam’s fall. Another ...

Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, it has sought to expand its influence by creating a “Shia crescent” that includes Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, and the Houthis in Yemen. However, Iran’s ...